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Development of Green Lane Hospital

This aerial photo shows Green Lane Hospital in 1970. The annotations indicate the separate buildings and when they were built – the oldest section being the Costley Home for the Aged Poor, which was built in 1890. In the early 21st century the hospital became the Greenlane Clinical Centre.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Whites Aviation Collection

Reference: WA-69014

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Linda Bryder, Hospitals – Spas, sanatoriums and surgery, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/27552/development-of-green-lane-hospital (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Linda Bryder, published 13 January 2012, updated 1 July 2022.